Posted by Charles on November 11, 2004 at 17:16:51 from 212.137.57.41 user Charles_Coull.
In Reply to: jibbooms and bobstays posted by Ed Kiser on November 11, 2004 at 16:21:52:
The bobstay is the piece of rigging that runs between the hull at the bows on the waterline and the end of the bowsprit. It provides support to the stresses placed on the Bowsprit by the headsails.